The Alliance of Defence Service Organisation (ADSO) welcomes the opportunity to announce its core Policy Objectives as a timely reminder to those seeking election to the 46th Parliament of Australia. A significant portion of the veterans’ community, speaking...
Commutation
Media Statement – ADSO Policy Objectives 2019-2022
The Alliance of Defence Service Organisation (ADSO) welcomes the opportunity to announce its core Policy Objectives as a timely reminder to those seeking election to the 46th Parliament of Australia that the veterans’ community, speaking largely with a single voice,...
Federal Election 2019 – ADSO Policy Objectives
We're back and ready for action.At Election time the Government, all Parties and Pollies are accountable to the Australian people for their past performance and we veterans individually assess the impact of their election policies on our Family and the Nation’s future...
Opinion – RCB Commutation Stop the veterans’ pension rip-off
"Veterans who have suffered years of underpayment from their Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme (DFRDB) deserve much better. Many have put their lives on the line in times of conflict, but while the government glorifies troops as it sends them to war,...
Opinion – Now’s the time to fix benefits
The iniquities in military pensions and superannuation payments has been the subject of intense lobbying for some time by those affected. The response from governments of all persuasions has been rejection, justified with obtuse argument prepared by indifferent...
DFWA – Independent Inquiry into DFRDB Commutation Arrangements Welcomed
The Defence Force Welfare Association (DFWA) and ADSO welcomes the Government’s announcement yesterday that it would finally commission an independent inquiry into the commutation arrangements of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) superannuation...
Opinion – SUPER WAR HEATING UP
There are many issues that have the wider defence community considering how they might vote in the coming federal election.High on the list is military superannuation, particularly those who were compulsorily subscribed to what ultimately became the Defence Force...
Veterans accuse Federal Government of ‘ripping off’ thousands from retirement benefits
A Federal Coalition backbencher is lobbying the Government to investigate how much money he believes it owes some older Australian military veterans. Veterans, including some who served in Korea, Malaya and Vietnam, signed up for compulsory superannuation called the...
DFRDB e-Petition to the Government – Commutation Anomaly
This petition goes directly to the Parliament. All servicemen,servicewomen, their spouses widows/widowers, who contributed to the DFRDB scheme are affected by this anomaly, Even our partners will be paying this impost until they die if we predecease them. This is...